吃瓜群众 chī guā qún zhòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
  2. onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it
  3. (neologism c. 2016)

CHARACTERS

吃 chī
HSK 1
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
瓜 guā
HSK 2
melon, gourd, cucumber; rad. 97
群 qún
HSK 5
(same as U+7FA3 羣) group, crowd, multitude, mob
众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public